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Sir George Prévost, 1st Baronet (19 May 1767 – 5 January 1816) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who is most well known as the "Defender of Canada" during the War of 1812. Born in New Jersey, the eldest son of Genevan Augustine Prévost, he joined the British Army as a youth and became a captain in 1784. Prévost served in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, and was commander of St. Vincent from 1794 to 1796. He became Lieutenant-Governor of Saint Lucia from 1798 to 1802 and Governor of Dominica from 1802 to 1805. He is best known to history for serving as both the civilian Governor General and the military Commander in Chief in British North America (now part of Canada) during the War of 1812 between Britain and the United States

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  • George Prevost (de)
  • George Prévost (en)
  • George Prévost (fr)
  • ジョージ・プレボスト (ja)
  • 조지 프레보스트 (ko)
  • George Prévost (pl)
  • Прево, Джордж (ru)
  • George Prévost (sv)
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  • Sir George Prevost, 1. Baronet (* 19. Mai 1767 in New Jersey, Nordamerika; † 5. Januar 1816 in London, England) war ein britischer Offizier und Diplomat, während des britisch-amerikanischen Krieges von 1812 britischer Generalgouverneur und Oberbefehlshaber in Kanada. (de)
  • George Prévost (19 mai 1767 – 5 janvier 1816) était un militaire britannique et administrateur colonial. Il fut gouverneur du Canada lors de la guerre de 1812. (fr)
  • 제 1대 조지 프레보스트 경(Sir George Prévost, 1st Baronet, 1767년 5월 19일 - 1816년 1월 5일)은 영국의 군인이다. 영미 전쟁 때의 캐나다 식민지의 총사령관이었다. 뉴저지 식민지 하켄색에서 출생하였고, 스위스계 프랑스인 오거스틴 프레보스트의 장자로, 영국군에 젊은 나이에 입대하여 1784년에 대위가 되었다. 프레보스트는 프랑스 혁명 전쟁과 나폴레옹 전쟁 기간 내내 서인도 제도에서 복무를 하였으며, 1794년에서 1796년까지 세인트 빈센트에서는 사령관이 되었다. 그는 영국과 미합중국 사이에 벌어진 영미전쟁 때 민간인 주지사 장군이자, 영국령 북미(현재의 캐나다의 일부) 주둔군 총사령관으로 가장 잘 알려진 인물이다. (ko)
  • ジョージ・プレボスト（英:Sir George Prévost、1767年5月19日 - 1816年1月5日）は、イギリスの軍人であり、米英戦争の時のカナダ植民地の統括者であった。 (ja)
  • Сэр Джордж Прево, 1-й баронет (англ. Sir George Prévost, 1st Baronet; 19 мая 1767 — 5 января 1816) — британский офицер и дипломат, британский генерал-губернатор и главнокомандующий в Канаде во время англо-американской войны 1812 года. (ru)
  • Sir George Prévost, född den 19 maj 1767 i Hackensack, New Jersey, död den 5 januari 1816 i London, var en brittisk arméofficer och kolonialadministratör av schweizisk börd. Han var generalguvernör och överbefälhavare i Brittiska Nordamerika under 1812 års krig. Prévost blev fänrik 1779, löjtnant 1782, kapten 1784, major 1790, överstelöjtnant 1794, överste 1798, konstituerad brigadgeneral 1798, generalmajor 1805, konstituerad generallöjtnant 1808 och slutligen generallöjtnant 1811. Han upphöjdes till baronet 1805. * Prevost 1812 (sv)
  • Sir George Prévost, 1st Baronet (19 May 1767 – 5 January 1816) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who is most well known as the "Defender of Canada" during the War of 1812. Born in New Jersey, the eldest son of Genevan Augustine Prévost, he joined the British Army as a youth and became a captain in 1784. Prévost served in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, and was commander of St. Vincent from 1794 to 1796. He became Lieutenant-Governor of Saint Lucia from 1798 to 1802 and Governor of Dominica from 1802 to 1805. He is best known to history for serving as both the civilian Governor General and the military Commander in Chief in British North America (now part of Canada) during the War of 1812 between Britain and the United States (en)
  • George Prévost (ur. 19 maja 1767 w New Jersey, zm. 5 stycznia 1816 w Londynie, Anglia) – brytyjski żołnierz i administrator, gubernator generalny Brytyjskiej Kanady w latach 1811–1815. George Prévost urodzony w New Jersey był synem szwajcarskiego oficera w służbie angielskiej. Otrzymał staranne ogólne i militarne wykształcenie w Anglii. Służył w brytyjskich wojskach kolonialnych, początkowo na Karaibach, a następnie w Ameryce Północnej, gdzie w 1811 został głównodowodzącym wojskami brytyjskimi i w tym samym roku gubernatorem generalnym Kanady. (pl)
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  • Sir George Prévost (en)
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  • Sir George Prévost (en)
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  • London, England (en)
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  • New Barbadoes Township, Province of New Jersey, British America (en)
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